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February 2
Our race continues this week as the children gather up information on the 12 presidents the Race directors chose for the competition. First, we have to surf the Internet to find the correct information about the presidents' birthplaces (thank goodness for that lesson on apostrophes). This is no small task. In fact, each child will continue to gather required information on all of these presidents throughout the race! Watch our posters that are in the 3rd grade hallways if you want to know about these wonderful men! We found a cool website http://www.americanpresidents.org/. This site has so much great information, and some nice pictures. The children were successful this week - they found each president and his birthplace.

February 9

Now that we are experts in presidential birthplaces and where to find them, we can move on to plotting our course. Our classes have been divided up into 5 groups. Each group is given a map and an Expo marker. Their job this week is to mark the birth states on a map and determine the quickest route from Virginia to Hawaii. As you can see, the students worked hard. They accomplished their goal of finding the quickest route. Sorry, we can't post the route details on the blog yet. Our travel details are top secret for a while, but just know that we know where we are going!

February 11

Map Quest has been our best friend this week as we've gathered point-to-point distances and determined the most efficient travel routes. We continue to gather presidential information on all 12 presidents throughout the race. In addition to this basic information, we will also be matching presidential portraits to their owners!

The next step: Will we travel by car, train, bus, or plane?